McKinley High - OOC

Hi all,

We just wanted to give our side of the situation.

Our number one rule in this game is that we are anti-godmodding. We've had to deal with it before in previous games and we have already taken care of some other issues regarding it in this game as well. It's very easy to do, even when you have no malicious or negative intent behind it, and we strongly believe that all responsible RPers should be conscious of not doing so, accidentally or purposefully. We've posted here before about how it's important to double check with players to make sure that something happened "behind the scenes" that wasn't necessarily logged out in the main community or in a character journal, and this extends to things that happen in the show too. We do those posts weekly giving people an opportunity to declare the things they'd like to incorporate into their canon, but, again, it's always just a good idea to double check with a player.

When incidents occur in which one player informs us that they feel as though they have been god-modded, we take it very seriously. Perhaps our methods in this situation may not have been methods you would have chosen to do if you were in our shoes, but we can only mod as best as we know how. (If you have suggestions for how we can mod mckinley_high better, we are definitely open to that too.) While we usually are on various IM services if we're online, we may also choose to communicate via email if we're away from the computer. Either way, though, we're usually available.

I think we all want to be treated with respect in this game and strive to treat others with the same respect as well. We understand that the game moves in real-time. It can be hard to have your character plot or discuss his or her life if you feel as though something is unresolved with another character. Again, though, we've posted about this before-- if you are wondering how things have been going between characters when you haven't had time to play them, PLEASE communicate with the player to determine this. If you can't get ahold of the player, PLEASE contact us immediately so we can attempt to help. Also, please try to understand that extenuating circumstances in this crazy thing we called life can sometimes get in the way of this game that, hopefully, we all enjoy and with which we have fun. Trying to work around a slow-moving plot takes creativity, but it can be done. All of our characters are so rich and multifaceted (isn't that a part of why we all love this show and this universe, anyway?); a single relationship is not the only thing your character has going for him or herself.

Finally, if you feel as though you are being godmodded, PLEASE contact us. Seriously. We're usually around and we check our email a lot. Also, despite the characters we play, we're nice people. (And if you don't think we're nice people, please bring that up too.) This shouldn't need to be said so explicitly, too, but if you feel as though you're having issues, PLEASE also talk to the player about them. Be upfront. Compromise is good and all but explain why you feel as though you may be compromising.

Thanks & please don't hesitate to talk to us.
Justine & Joie

Hey all, I'm really sorry to say that I've decided to quit McKinley High. I'm really sorry for throwing up all this drama and then backing out, but that's the way things fall.

I wish I could say that it was because I don't have time anymore now that I'm modding my own RP set at Dalton, or that I'm simply not interested anymore, but neither of those are true. I was going to drop Azimio to free myself up a little better, but I'd been otherwise balancing the two games. And I'm still definitely interested in Glee and RPing and Kurt--I'm going to miss all the great players and characters here!

But the simple fact is that the mods and I do not get along. And it's no longer fun to play in a game in which if I make the slightest reference to something else another character does, I'm accused of god-moding. Or if I work out details of a relationship with another player and then work them into my posts, I'm accused of making assumptions about that other character.

Quite frankly, I'm sick of it. I don't want to play in a game where I don't feel comfortable talking with the mods when I'm having a problem, and I don't want to play in a game where I get in trouble for god-moding even after confirming with the players involved that what I'm going to say actually happened. Again, I'm very sorry for just running off after sparking off all this drama, but hey, at least Kurt's at Dalton so it makes sense that he's not active while you find a replacement.

Carry on, have fun, and maybe I'll see some of you around!

~Spider

Forgot to mention this earlier!

This may be kind of a half-assed answer for the inevitable question regarding how to handle plot your character had with Kurt, and unfortunately many of us will likely find ourselves in this situation, but here is the fairest (multifaceted) answer we could come up with:

-- We're keeping all the elements of show!canon that were established as game!canon.
-- If at all possible, try to make less of a point of referencing/drawing from history and/or plots your character had with Kurt. Perhaps a safe bet might just be saying that Kurt transferred schools on bad terms and everyone is kind of tiptoeing around the subject (which works with both show!canon and game!canon).
-- In the event of our getting another Kurt, obviously it'd be up to the player to decide whether they are interested in keeping previous Kurt history.

Like we said earlier, this is a tricky situation all around but maybe this might be a nice opportunity to step out of your character's comfort zone and start some new plots with other characters in the interim. We do still have the random pairings meme coming up for next week, too, so hopefully that will be fun and can help!

Let us know if you have questions/comments/concerns.

~ Jsquared